120 CROWNED GOURA. 



in which the nostrils are situated ; their toes are 

 divided to their origin. 



They are gregarious j are principally natives of 

 the tropical parts of America, and like the birds of 

 the next order, they build their nests and lay their 

 eggs upon the ground, rarely perching upon trees : 

 many of the species have received the name of 

 Partridge, from their manners being so similar to 

 the birds of that genus. 



A. Head furnished with a crest. 



CROWNED GOURA. 

 (Goiira coronata.) 



Go. orbitis nigris, crista erectd, corpore caerulescenle , humerit 



Jerrugineis , fasci& alarum alba. 

 Goura with black orbits, an erect crest, the body bluish, the 



shoulders ferruginous, and a white band on the wings. 

 Columba coronata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 774. \J. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 596. p. Temm. Pig. Ind 4Q\. 



Phasianus cristatus indicus. Eriss. Orn. 1. 279. 6. pl.lQ.f. 1. 

 Le Pigeon couronn6 des Indes. Buff. Ois. 2. 354. Buff. PI. 



Enl. 118. 

 Le Goura de la Nouvelle Guin6e. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 169. 



///. 104. 



Colombi Kocco. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. 6. pi. 280. 

 Colombi-Galline Goura. Temm. Pig. (Svo.) p. 377- 

 Great crowned Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn.4. 620. 2. Edwards, 



pi. 338. Bing. /Inim. Biog. 1. p. 224. 



